Clarion 1951-05-11 Vol 27 No 13

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Vol. XXVII—No. 13 Bethel College and Seminary, St. Paul, Minnesota
Friday, May 11, 1951
Dr. W. Smith to Give Graduation Address
Dr. Reynold Wik of the history
department will leave Bethel to
accept the Mary Treat Morison
endowed chair in American History
at Mills College, in Oakland, Cal-ifornia.
"After four years at Beth-el",
said Dr. Wik in a Clarion inter-view,
"I, like the members of the
senior class, will be leaving the
campus this month, with fond
memories of classroom experiences
and faculty associations. It has
been an interesting four years. We
will not forget the many kindness-es
shown us."
Leaving Bethel to continue stud-ies
in preparation for Christian
service is Miss Lillian Ryberg,
Spanish instructor, who remarked
regarding her leaving, "Much bless-ing
and Joy have been mine during
these three years at Bethel. The
fellowship with those who love the
Lord has truly been a privilege. I
shall leave now to prepare further
for His service."
Dr. Bernard Ramm, professor of
Philosophy and Bible, plans to be-come
professor of Apologetics and
Philosophy at the Bible Institute
of Ins Angeles. Dr. Ramm also
intends to complete his new book
on Types of Apologetic Systems by
next Spring. Says Dr. Ramm: "I
have greatly appreciated the Chris-tian
friendship and scholarship of
the Bethel faculty, and the happy
associations with the students. If
it were not for the aggravations
of my health, I could call it a
superb year."
Regarding the addition of new
instructors for the next school year
Dean C. E. Carlson stated that
"The board of education and the
administration are in contact with
a number of possible candidates
for positions vacated by the in-structors
.who are leaving at the
close of the school year.
Within the next few weeks some
announcement will undoubtedly be
made."
Miss Axoon, hood librarian, has
amounted that all library books
result be returned to the library
by May 21st. Books turned in Woe
will bo asoisloct to the roomier fines.
Students Elect
New Officers
For Councils
Recent student elections have de-termined
the following slate of
officers for the Bethel Student
Association and the Religious
Council. Robert Stassen, who will
be in the seminary next year after
graduation from the University of
Minnesota was elected president of
the Student Council. Emmet John-son
was elected vice-president,
Shirley Kilgore secretary, and
Floyd Meyer, treasurer.
Newly elected officers for the
Religious Council are Jim Rehn-berg,
president, Gordon Paulson,
vice-president, Ruth Danielson, sec-retary,
and Rober Bergeson, treas-urer.
Bergfalk to Show
Assam Film Wednesday
On Wednesday evening, May 16,
Rev. Al Bergfalk, Conference Mis-sion
Board executive, will show the
colored film of Blood Sacrifices
of Laphlas of Assam as well as
speak to the Student Fellowship
group under the sponsorship of the
Foreign Missions Fellowship.
At a recent student election,
John Weld was elected president
of the Foreign Missions Fellow-ship;
Bob Frykenburg was elected
Vice-president; Hannah Plaut, Sec-retary;
and Eric Warnstrom, Treas-urer.
Only $400.00 remains to be taken
in by student offerings toward the
completion of the $5,000.00 mis-sionary
goal set by the F.M.F. Phil
McLain has urged that the stu-dents
give more in these last
school days than they have so far
so as to be sure to meet this vital
goal-
DR. WILBUR M. SMITH
An introductory sequence in art
is being established under the in-struction
of Mr. Eugene Johnson.
The first quarter's work will in-troduce
the student to art appre-ciation
and the two following quar-ters
will include art workshop.
While some reorganization of
materials is being made in Reli-gious
Education, the scope of the
course offerings under Miss Sabel
and Mr. Larson will remain about
the same.
In the department of biology,
several courses which have • not
been offered recently will be re-instated.
With the return to the
campus of Mr. Russell Johnson,
the courses in Minnesota Plant Life
and General Botany will be offer-ed
again. The courses in Health
and Human Physiology are also
in the schedule.
The instructional services of the
school will also be extended in the
offering of evening school classes.
Popular courses in Bible, religious
education, psychology, philosophy,
and perhaps additional fields are
being planned. The evening school
program will replace the Twin
City teacher training program
sponsored by the Conference
churches in recent years.
Two additions to the graduation
requirements were also voted by
the faculty at their last meeting.
On the junior college level stu-dents
will be required to take a
three credit course in health or to
be exempt on the basis of achive-ment
on an examination. Candi-dates
for the B.A. degree in the
future will be asked to include at
least three credits in either art
or music appreciation. The new
requirements will be recommended
to the classes of 1952 and will be
required of the classes graduating
in 1953.
J. S. Banquet at
Lowry Tonight
T,he main ballroom of Hotel
Lowry in St. Paul will see the
Bethelites "gone formal" tonight
as the junior and senior banquet
begins at 6:30.
Dr. Robert Smith, professor at
Dubuque University, Iowa, will be
the speaker and comes enthusiast-icly
recommended by those who
have heard him before. Dr. Smith
spoke at last year's seminary ban-quet
and at commencement the
year before.
Other features of the program
are Bert and Helen Anderson mem-bers
of the alumni who will play
the piano and Mrs. H. MacKinnis
of First Baptist Church, Minnea-polis,
who will sing. Morris Eng-strom
is scheduled to give the
senior will and prophecy.
The theme of the banquet has
been announced as "Launch out
into the deep".
Kenny Gunman, chairman of the
program committee promises that
convenient parking is available and
that fellows do not have to wear
tuxes.
Rev. Wilcox to Give
Baccalaureate Address
Rev. John Wilcox, pastor of the
Addison Street Baptist Church,
Chicago, will be the speaker at the
Baccalaureate service Sunday aft-ernoon,
May 20th. The service is
part of the graduating commence-ment
exercises and will be held
in the college chapel.
Music for the program will be
furnished by the Chapel Choir.
After the service refreshments will
be served in the dining hall. All
students and friends of the gradu-ates
are invited to attend this acti-vity.
Seniors Relax
On Skip Day
Over last Monday night and all
day Tuesday the Seminary seniors
spent their "skip day" activities
at Wood Lake Wisconsin. It ap-pears
that most of what went on
was "tom foolery" such as the
"preachers" getting to sleep at
five in the morning and getting
up at seven the same morning.
On Wednesday morning the
senior class of the college hoisted
their white flag bearing the letter-ing
"Class of '51", to innaugurate
their official "skip day". The sen-iors
left early in the morning to
spend the entire day in relaxation
at Medicine Lake.
Before the processional of the
approximate 100 graduates a half
hour music program is arranged
which will start at 7:30 P. M. and
feature the faculty trio of Mr. Raid
and Mr. Kangro on the string in-struments
and Miss Mildred Bis-grove
at the piano.
Vocal music for the graduation
event will be furnished by the
Chapel Choir and Male Chorus.
The Bethel male quartet comprised
of Jim Rentz, Bruce Woodman,
Danny Seagren, and Dick Anthony
will also take part in the program.
CLASS DAY
On Friday morning, May 25th,
at 10:00 A. M. in the college chap-el,
class day exercises will be held
at which time prizes and scholar-ships
will be awarded honor stu-dents,
student leaders, and stu-dents
who have extensively engag-ed
in certain extra-curricular- acti-vities
throughout the school year.
Also at this time the top honor
student of the graduating college
and seminary classes will present
their speech on behalf of their
classes.
Marshall's for all the graduating
events will be Harvey Swanberg,
top student in the Junior class,
and Wally Peterson, top student
of the middlemen class in the
seminary.
Six Seniors Feted
At Court of Honor
At the Fourteenth Annual Col-lege
Court of Honor, held last
Tuesday night at the St. Paul Jun-ior
Chamber of Commerce, six
honor students from the senior
class of the college were honored
by being guests at a dinner pro-gram.
The students were Deanes
Shaffer, Robert Earl, Edna Schultz,
Delmar Dahl, Katherine Johnson,
and Winifred Schmidt.
Also represented at the fete
were honor students from Hamline
University, Macalester College, The
College of St. Catherine, St. Paul
College of Law, and the College
of St. Thomas.
William H. Oppenheimer, St.
Paul lawyer, was the speaker at
the event after which the honor
students were presented with cer-tificates.
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May 14—Tau Sigma Pi
May 14—Girls Dorm Meeting
May 15 — Student Leadership
Forum
May 16—Foreign Missions Fellow-ship
May 17—Visual Aid
May 25—Class Day
Ramm,Wik to Teach onWest Coast Next
Year Ryberg Leaves to Continue Studies;
Lawson Accepts Full Time Pastorate
These last days of this school year will not only be closing days for
seniors on Bethel Campus but will also be the last days that four pro-fessors
will be on campus as instructors.
Dropping his full time responsibilities as professor in the literature
department to return to the pastorate is Professor Maurice Lawson who
made the statement to the Clarion: "God moves in a myserious way ...
Alter five years as a student in Bethel I never expected to return. Now
after five years of teaching it seems impossible that I am going back to
the pastorate. The decision has been most difficult because I love
Bethel. But I love the pastorate too, and look forward to serving the
Olivet Baptist Church of Minneapolis where I have been in a part-time
capacity since its organization. It is altogether possible that I shall teach
a course at Bethel next year."
First Baptist Church Is Scene
01 Commencement, Friday, May 25
At the graduating exercises of the third class to graduate from
Bethel Senior College, and of the Seminary senior class, to be held at
First Baptist Church, Minneapolis, Friday, May 25th. Dr. Wilbur M.
Smith, Professor of English Bible at Fuller Theological Seminary,
Pasadena, California, will be the speaker. Dr. Smith is also the noted
editor of Peloubet's Select Notes on the International Sunday School
Lesson.
Faculty Votes on Including New
Courses In Curriculum and Adds
To Graduation Requirements
Several new course offerings are in the making on campus for the
school year 1951-'52. The new school bulletin, now at the printers, an-nounces
new courses in music, art, biology, sociology, and speech.
The music department has planned a course in Music Literature
to be taught by Miss Mildred Bisgrove. Mr. Raid will also offer a third
year of work in music theory, covering counterpoint, form and analysis.
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We began school last fall with our usual
hopes and aspirations and setting of goals
and now we are forced to reflect upon
these "fleeting" nine months past and see
where we stand. Have certain of our goals
been reached? Has the "dynamic" of our
unique individual personalities really
shown forth in that "niche" that has been
ours in our particular college environment?
A wholesome way to look at the past is
to learn from it and use it as a guide in
setting new hopes and aspirations for an-other
year at school. Much of education
consists of learning to "live", and the real
question it seems is "From what experien-ces
in the past have advanced me in learn-ing
how to 'live".
From out of the past year comes the
direct statement of Dr. Roody, from
Founder's Week . last February. Said Dr.
Roody, "It is better to be, than to do". That
enters into this business of learning how
to "live". Like a rose bud gradually break-ing
into full blossom into splendor and
fragrance, so our lives, from the budding
days of when we first met Christ ought to
blossom out into that fragrance of person-ality
that God wants for a particular ser-vice.
It must be said that this year has
taught us much of the source of nourish-ment
for the blossoming out of our lives,
the rays of Christ speaking to our indivi-dual
hearts. Let us look to next year as a
challenge to go further along the way of
"coming into being", blossoming forth to
"be" that we might better "do".
What's In A Buzz?
by Ann Radunz
Only a week before the JS! The girl's
dorm was filled with eager, seemingly in-human
creatures who, upon being con-fronted
with the conquests of Mussolini or
the causes of the great depression, only
gave up in despair, and cast a nervous, yet
futile glance at the little black buzzer above
their doors.
Occasionally one did ring and then the
rat-race began. Before the loud penetrating
vibrations of the shrill buzzer had died
away, the phone at the end of the hall was
crowded by screaming, shouting masses of
protoplasm who immediately became death-ly
still as the fortunate owner of the ring-ing
buzzer nervously lifted the little black
mouthpiece from its cradle.
With the last breath of air this creature
seemed able to contrive, it whispered a
faint, but distinctly audible "hello" into
the mechanism.
The eager faces of the observers were
transfixed upon the quivering form seated
at the phone—but to no avail—for as her
first words "Yes, Mrs. Jones, I'll be able
to baby-sit tomorrow night,"--were uttered,
the other girls noisely shuffled to their own
rooms to await their expected calls.
So it went—hour after hour, day after
day—and occasionally the little black buzzer
did mean that there was a man at the other
end of the line. When this rare occasion
occurred, the shrieking mob of spectators
would swiftly bear the news to the few
remaining girls that had not heard first
hand.
Now, with the big day here, we,are trying
to forget these crude displays of our emo-tions,
and are anxiously awaiting our next
buzz—the man himself.
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President Wingblade
The school year is drawing to a close
and, as we come to the end and separate
for the summer months, we shall no doubt
carry away many memories.
There are innumerable incidents that we
each have experienced or observed that
will become a part of our very selves. Have
we been at our best?
At a boy's school in England, as portray-ed
by Dicken, young David is almost a
worshipper of Steerforth, an older student.
Steerforth is about to leave school and
launch out on a journey. Before he goes
he makes a special request of his young
admirer and puts it thus: "Promise me that
you will remember me at my best."
Students and faculty will long live in
the picture gallery of the mind, and from
contacts with each, you may be able to
conjure forth a panorama of scenes set in
light and shadows.
We recall that "influence is the effluence
of affluence." What has been the greatest
impress we have received—if such a one
can be singled out. Was it something in a,
Chapel talk, or a College lecture, or was it
rather a quiet personal impress wrought
by a fellow student?
Missionary Eric Frykenberg tells of an
unforgetable impact in a dormitory room
at Gordon College, when a self-appointed
committee who had come to "advise" a
younger student, were so impressed by his
humble and simple spiritual testimony that
a small revival broke out in that room.
"Dad" Eliot, the student evangelist of
fifty years, led Dr. Walter Judd as a high
school student to Christ. He got his vision-of
full time service in the locker room of
Northwestern University, when a fellow
athlete thanked him with tears for all he
had meant to him after all others had been
down on him.
"Dad" Eliot said to himself: "If I could
mean that much to one young man, a fellow
student, why cannot I give my life to this
and reach thousands of college students.
We still remember the warm message that _
Dr. Eliot brought at our Chapel service last
fall.
Well, as we leave the campus, we shall
remember much and thank God for much.
Have- we ourselves been at our best—on
"tip-toe" for God?
As we then separate for the summer,
shall we kindle anew the fires in our hearts,
that there may be a radiance and a glow
that shall unmistakably mark us as having
that mystic something within which is
greater and stronger than that which is in
the world?
Sem. Sr. Skip Day
Imagine!
Fourteen Senior Seminary men skipping
off to Woodlake, Wisconsin for one last
rollick together before commencement and
assumption of their pastoral dignities.
Imagine!
Russell Johnson whipping up "delishus"
concoctions to delight every masculine
palate, even a special serving of pancakes
filled with paper napkins for Ernie Laut,
who ate them with relish and didn't know
the diff.
Imagine!
Dick Kelderhouse crawling through the
kitchen skylight when the welcome squad
was delayed in geeting the camp opened
up.
Imagine!
Gil Forsline, still up at 4:30 A. M., hoot-ing
so realistically he attracted a horned
owl, that Jim Rentz thought was a "wolf".
Imagine!
Sparks flying from a kitchen water faucet
when the power was turned on and frenzied
efforts to check the electric flow until
someone noted all that was necessary was
to turn off the switch.
Imagine!
The fellOws insisting a good "rest" was
had by all after getting to sleep at 4:30•.
A. M. and getting up at 7:30 A. M. •
On the Summer Agenda
by Ann Radunz
Ah, summer! Green grass speckled with yellow dandelions—bubbling, gushing
streams teeming with prize catches for the farmer lad—but above all, the weather
prediction includes only slight Minnesota snow flurries. Sounds wonderful, doesn't
it? But don't you think it's about time to pull your nose out of that bunch of violets
and seriously start to think about your summer job? After all, we do want most of
you back at Bethel next year, and, as of today, there is yet no written formula for
manufacturing greenbacks out of grass.
Many, of course, have been led into Bible school work, and we know that the
Lord will supply their needs this fall. Dorothy Riek is one of the many volunteers
for this needy work, and had the opportunity of serving only fifteen miles from her
home town, 'Woodville, Wisconsin.
Joe Niemeyer is going to combine his work and play as a manager's assistant at
a summer camp in Round Lake, Illinois. He extends to everyone a hearty welcome to
come down and have a game of ping-pong with him.
Then, too, there are the brave souls like Mary Quernemoen who is going to sub-mit
herself, as a nurses aid, to the influence of the occupants of the Fergus Falls State
Hospital. Good luck, Mary, and I'll be up to visit you next fall to plead with the at-tendants
to let you out. I'll try to explain that it really isn't you who's' crazy, but that
your room-mate has been too much of an influence on you the past year.
Canada will be seeing a lot of Eric Warnstrom this summer, for he is going to
take over a fifteen member church eight miles from Port Arthur. Eric will feel
right at home though, for the community is entirely Finnish.
Have you made your decision yet? Whether it be the first rocket trip to the
moon, or a plan to drill a hole through the earth for cross-ventilation, if you are in
the Lord's will and know that He is leading you, you may be assured that your summer
job will be one of success and happiness.
Heart Wisdom
by Margaret Sheffler
She could not read for me a printed page
Nor fill her copy-book with letters fine,
Her hands were yet too young to so engage
in keeping letters strictly on a line.
But in her father's house her child-like arms
Knew how to hush her mother's babe to sleep,
And there were many lessons in her heart
That only love can teach a child to keep.
She could not trace the Mississippi's course,
Nor quote to me the Gettysburg Address,
But something noble in her heart knew force
Was not the wisest way to seek redress.
And in her father's meadow where the sun
Played hop-scotch in and out among the trees,
I watched her take the quail she'd nursed to health
And with her sunbrowned fingers set it free.
Then one day when a drought swept all the land
I saw her pumping water and I sighed;
Her aching arms worked faithfully to tend
The thirsty flowers, lest their beauty die.
For she knew secrets wrapped in Western sod —
Had learned the language of a laughing brook:
Her soul read, written by the hand of God,
The things that wisemen fail to print in books.
Campus Capers
by Marty
Bethel campus used to be shocked at Harris Paulson's plaid pants, but since then
they've seen far brighter colors. Phoebe Anderson's brilliant pink socks make her
recognizable a half-campus away.
Mr. Otio's "green" bow tie is surely an inspiration to his Logic class.
The thing that really held all eyes and rated a "Congratulations" tune in the din-ing
hall was Vern Merck's shirt. Pockets, collar, sleeves, back and front were each
made out of a different color. If you haven't seen ti, look him up, but you better
wear dark glasses! Also to be included in the color line-up are the flashy polo shirts of
Don Yerrington, Wally Anderson, Ellsworth Holmes, and Tom Persson.
Perhaps one of the funniest people at Bethel is Morrie Engstrom. Have you notic-ed
how he carries his notebook? By a rubberband, which he claims is on reserve to
play music when he gets bored.
One of the History profs was floored when he read on Marilyn Backlund's paper
a quote from "Russia"—"Learning is a thing which dies under compulsion." H'mm.
According to Ronnie Skoog, he'd rather play pony express than post office, be-cause
there's more horsing around.
If you've noticed that brown-eyed, red-haired girl around, you know that Charlotte
Ransom is once more on her feet again. After an operation, a stay in the hospital,
a visit to the infirmary, and a close friendship built up with Bethel nurses and the
business end of a hypodermic needle, Char is rapidly gaining back her pep and
sparkle. Good to see you around again, kid.
We hear some of the Girl's Chorus members are experts at shining shoes. As
punishment for being late to the bus, the girls were sentenced to polish shoes all
the way to the next town. "Shine, suh?"
Beware of slamming doors, for as Miss Effie Nelson remarked to her class, that
is the sin of wooden swearing.
Instead of rumors flying, seems as though it's Cupid's arrows, thick and fast.
Ronnie Johnson and Lois seem to have started something by shopping early and avoid-ing
the rash on the traditional J. S. announcements. 'Course they had to atone for
their folly by a long promenade bef6re the noon dorm diners. Since Gordy and Ruth,
and Les and Sue so shortly followed suit, the $64 question being bantered about is—
Who's going to keep up the good old J. S. tradition of diamond developments?
The meaning of the white flag, the girls dressed in slacks, and the cars of depart-ing
seniors meant one thing—it was Senior Skip Day.
About 30 seniors took off to Medicine Lake, Wed., May 8, where they enjoyed a
holiday of playing games and participating in a treasure hunt. A good way to spot a
senior these days is to look for a cheerful sunburned nose.
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All School Picnic Is Set For May 24th
tiaii fellowship—which no one will
cerned.
The Chorus started its trek about
noon on Saturday, April 28. Its
first stop was at Cedar Falls, Ia.,
that evening, and then it went on
to Moline, Ill., and Davenport, Ia.,
for services on Sunday. It then fill-ed
its next three days with jour-neys
in Iowa to Burlington, Des
Moines, and Arthur.
In its concerts, the chorus sang
hymns, chorales, and spirituals, a-long
with one patriotic and one
novelty number. The Bethel Male
Quartet and instrumental soloists
Bruce Woodman, Dave Englund,
and Dick Anthony high-lighted the
program. Jim Rentz was also fea-tured
with a dramatic reading. The
responses received from the audi-ences
were always very favorable.
On Sunday morning as the fel-lows
were on the road to Moline,
Ill., an accident befell the car in
which Carl Lindstedt, Wendell
Meyers, Bill Slivka, and Ed Erick-son
were riding. Carl and Wendell
were hospitalized with cuts and
bruises, but we are glad to hear
that both of them are coming a-long
very well now.
Male Chorus Gives Six Concerts
On. Tour In Iowa and Illinois
Despite adversities that ranged from automobile accidents to torn
tuxedos and hot, muggy weather, the Male Chorus under the direction
of. s Mr. Nels Stjernstrom returned May 3 from what everyone termed a
successful and inspirational trip. As many of the fellows commented,
the spirit of the entire event was one of unity and fellowship—Chris-deny
was a blessing to all
B.W.A. Install Taylor Falls On The $t. Croix
New Officers Is Scene OF Annual Event
At Banquet A happy ending to the school year will be provided by the Student
Council in the form of an All School Picnic. Students will be taking a
rest after exams and while waiting for the graduation exercises take in
annual affair, on Thursday, May 24th.
The site for the picnic is pictur-esque
Taylor Falls on the St. Croix
River. This was the scene of the
picnic last year also.
General chairman for the occa-sion
is Russ Johnson. Russ announ-ces
that students will be given a
chance to sign up for a bus ride.
They are to pay at the time of
signing up, but will not be permit-ted
to pay in meal tickets.
The day's activities will include
softball, badminton, horseshoes,
hikes, boating, and canoeing. Don
Dye is the man in charge of these
activities.
A meal will be served in the din-ing
hall at 10:00 A. M. and buses
will leave Bethel around 11 A. M.
Delmar Dahl promises to see that
there is food for all, and the re-ligious
under the direction of Cliff
Anderson will plan the devotions
to end the day.
Leaders to Attend
con-
TSP Nominates
Officers For
Coming Year
The regular meeting of Tau
Sigma Pi was held April 30, at
7:30 P. M. with Thorlief Aunevik
as chairman.
Mr. Schultz, Mr. Bernsten, and
Dean Omark were the speakers of
the evening. At the close of their
talks, a panel discussion was open-ed
with the three guests as parti-cipants.
A note sent to Miss Charlotte
Ransom from the group expressed
the hope that she would be able
to attend the next meeting.
The following names were sub-mitted
and approved as candidates
for next year's officers: President,
Millard Ericison and Gordon Paul-son;
vice-president, Fred Baty and
Bruce Woodman; and secretary,
Hannah Plaut and Joanne Johnson.
The Bethel Women's Association
held their formal spring banquet
on May third at six-thirty P. M. in
the dining hall., The theme of the
evening's program was "Keep the
Joy Bells Ringing."
After the invocation was given
by Barbara Mullin, Carol Dubuque,
president, welcomed all those pre-sent.
Two girls trios presented special
music. Lenore Anderson, Elaine
Holmquist, and Ardis Anderson
sang "If We Could See Beyond
Today," and Barbara Port, Beverly
Harris, and Carol Bessey sang
"The Bells of St. Mary's." Florence
Jacobson played her bells.
As guests of 'honor, the gradu-ates
of both the senior and junior
colleges were presented to the
guests, and were asked to give
their testimonies and tell their
plans for the future.
The officers for-next year were
installed at the close of the pro-gram.
They are: Ruth Martinson,
president; Carol Bessey, vice-presi-dent;
Nadine Westin, secretary;
Florence Oman, assistant secre-tary;
Virginia Nepsted, treasurer;
Gloria Berhow, assistant treasurer;
Doraine Anderson, Big and Little
Sister chairman; Hannah Plaut, as-sistant
Big and Little Sister chair-man;
and Ruth Chisholm, Mary
Quernemoen, Pearl Ohlin, and
Florence Jacobson, Cabinet Chair-men.
Miss Effie Nelson is the
advisor.
Oratory Winners
Given Cash Awards
Awards have been made by the
speech department to the winners
of the Dr. Alford Hanson Oratory
Contest held Wednesday, April 25.
For his oration "The Stamp of the
Coin", freshman Jack Jensen won
first honors and was awarded
twenty-five dollars in cash. College
senior Muriel Thompson was a-warded
fifteen dollars in cash for
her second honor oration entitled
"Is This America?"
Malcom Van Antwerp of the col-lege
took third honors for his ora-tion
"What is Our Christian Re-sponsibility?",
and was awarded
ten dollars in cash.
Other contestants in the contest
were Marvin Lindstedt, Thorlief
Aunevik, Henry Quiring, and Reu-ben
Johnson.
The contest was judged by Dr.
Bernard Ramm, Dr. Reynold Wik,
and Professor David Moberg of the
Bethel faculty,
Over 100 persons were in atten-dance
at the college chapel last
Tuesday evening to hear the stu-dent
music recital sponsored by
the school's music department.
Rendering vocal numbers were
Ronald Johnson, Florence Oman,
Charles Anderson, Anna Newell,
and Clarence Larson. Besides
freshman Carolyn Clark, violinists
off campus music students Conrad
Lundberg, David Briggs, and Polly
Herner, gave violin numbers.
The two teams of Ardis Ander-son
and Rhoda Armstrong and
Carol Addington and Nadine West-in,
offered duo piano numbers
while Helen R. Peterson, Carolyn
Friske, and Ardis Anderson, ren-dered
piano solos.
Date of Spire
Release, May 21
May 21st, Monday, is the date
that the Spire office expects to
pass out the new 1950-51 Spires to
the students. One of the big fea-tures
of this issue will be division
pages in color.
The Spire also announces that
several candid shots taken the past
year are on sale now in the Spire
office at ten cents a piece. Formal
shots of campus activities can also
be purchased ranging from fifteen
to twenty-five cents. Orders for
these pictures can be made in the
spire office.
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Next Tuesday afternoon, May
15th, has been set aside by the
Student Council for a Student
Leadership Forum to be held in
the dining hall. The purpose of
the meeting will be to acquaint
all the new officers of the various
school activities for the next year
with the schedules and functions
of their organizations. It is planned
that the old officers will conduct
a helpful discussion with the new
officers in an attempt to acquaint
them with their duties and help
them better prepare to fulfill their
offices. Al Windham, Student
Council president, has expressed
his desire that as many of the old
officers of the organizations on
campus attend the forum to take
part in helping the new officers
get started.
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1951 Bethel Sports Program Nears Climax
Concordia Tramples Indians Twice
Gordon Johnson Victim By 2-1, 5-0
Baseball Squad Plays Bethany
Close Season Next Week Away
No Records Broken, but . .
The Bethel baseball team drop-ped
a dose contest to Concordia
Jr. College on April 27 on the
winners diamond, by a 2-1 margin.
It was the squad's second defeat of
the season in as many starts while
Concordia notched its first win.
The game proved to be a good
pitcher's duel for the entire nine
inning tilt. Gordy Johnson pitched
all the way for Bethel and Al Peck
worxed the full distance for the
Comets.
Jerry Hagstrom started things
off in the first by getting on base
on an error and advancing to
second on a wild pitch. After
Johnson grounded out to the third
baseman, Bud Pierce walked. Har-old
Wertz slapped a single out,
but was caught in a hotbox be-tween
first and second to register
the second out after Hagstrom had
crossed the plate. Bob Carlson
ended the inning skying out to the
right fielder.
Concordia got the tying run back
in the second on a walk, single,
fielder's choice, and a stolen base.
Johnson then set the next two
batters down on strike outs to end
the uprising.
Neither team could do much for
the next six innings. The Indians
got one more hit in the fourth,
Wertz's second, one in the fifth,
by Pierce, in the sixth, by Strom-well,
and the last in the seventh
by Hagstrom. However each time,
the Redmen were unable to ad-vance
the runner far. In the sixth,
Stan Mayer, who had gotten on
base on an error, was nipped at
home plate by a spectacular throw
from the left fielder of Concordia
to the catcher.
Concordia picked up hits in the
fourth, eighth, and ninth, but were
unable to score until the ninth. In
this inning, the first man up pop-ped
up to Pierce at home plate,
however the second man got on
base on a walk and advanced to
third on an error. After the next
man up struck out for two away,
a pinch hitter drilled out a single.
Then a passed ball got away from
Pierce to allow the winning run
to score.
Iowa 9 Illinois 7
East 11 St. Paul 10
St. Paul 6 Iowa 5
West 3 East 0
St. Paul 8 Illinois 0
West 12 Iowa 6
Illinois 13 West 5
East 5 Illinois 4
St. Paul 1 Iowa 0
West 14 East 2
West 7 St. Paul 0
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Falling victim to a brilliant
pitching performance, Bethel was
downed for the second time by
Concordia Jr. College. Borchardt,
fastballing left-hander came within
one hit of a no hitter in blanking
he Indians, 5-0. Gordy Johnson,
the opposing pitcher spoiled the
no hit game by stroking out a
single in the sixth inning The
game was only six innings by
agreement.
Concordia tallied one run in the
opening inning on three walks
and one man hit by pitched ball.
In the second frame, one more was
added on two more walks, an-other
man hit, and one single. The
Comets scored once again in the
fourth and twice more in the
sixth. The sixth inning runs were
scored on a walk, two fielders
choices and two errors.
Bethel placed only six men on
base, four on walks, one an error,
and the other, Johnson's single.
Johnson got as far as third only
to die there, while twice, men got
to second only to be left stranded.
Very sloppy handling of the ball
on Bethel's part cost them the
victory. Four errors were recorded
against them, plus seven walks,
and two men hit by pitched ball.
Concordia played well in the field,
mis-handling only one ball. At the
plate, they got only four hits, but
bunched them with misplays and
other opportunities to work five
runs across the plate.
Intramural Teams
In Softball Play
Occupying the spotlight in the
Intramural program at the present
time is softball. Five teams have
been formed and are competing
for the Intramural softball crown
for 1951. Points gained in softball
will be added to those already
scored in the previous sports
which were competed in.
The five teams are MINNEAPO-LIS-
St. PAUL-M1NNESOTA, WEST,
EAST - MICHIGAN - WISCONSIN,
IOWA - PLATTE VALLEY, and
ILLINOIS. These teams are in com-petition
regularly each week, and
will play a tournament, if there is
time, says Don Dye, chairman of
the Intramural sports.
Results available for this print-ing
find West on top, with four
wins against one defeat. West has
beaten East - Michigan - Wisconsin
twice, Iowa, and Minneapolis-St.
Paul-Minnesota and has been beat-en
by Illinois. The Minnesota team
has the runner up position current-ly
with three wins and two losses.
East-Michigan-Wisconsin are in the
middle and Iowa and Illinois rest
on the bottom.
THE CLARION
SPORTS
May 11, 1951 Page 4
During the past three weeks, the
Bethel thinclads have completed
in three track meets, the Carleton
Relays, a pactice meet with Ham-line,
and the St. Thomas Invitation-al.
The Carleton Relays, April 2L
won by the host team, Carleton
College, was run, for the most part,
in a driving rain. Due to the wea-ther
conditions, there were no new
records set up. Bethel, running for
the first time this season, gathered
seven points. Chuck Lindgren,
clearing 5 feet 8 inches, was in a
three way tie for second place in
the high lump. The relay team
consisting of Ford Wilson, Al
Malmstrom, Wayne Thompson, and
Skip Beard managed a fifth in both
the distance medley race and the
two mile relay run.
On Tuesday, April 24, the squad
ran against Hemline in a practice
meet. The Bethel team gave good
account of itself, though Hemline
was not at full strength being
without the services of their two
top milers and low hurdler. The
unofficial point total was Hemline
54, Bethel 38. First places were
taken by Wayne Thompson in the
mile and the broad jump; Skip
Beard in the 440. Skip also took
second in the 220; Ronnie Skoog
copped first in the low hurdles,
INTRAMURAL STANDINGS
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West 4 1
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Minn. ____ 3 2
East-Michigan-Wisconsin 2 2
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and Chuck Lindgren tied for first
in the high jump.
Other noteworthy performances
were made by Eric Warnstrom who
took third in the 220; • second in
the high hurdles by Cal Anderson;
Thompson's third in the two mile
race; Skoog's third in the 100 yard
dash; and a second in the 880 and
a third in the mile by Al Maim-strom.
Hemline captured the 880
relay. There was no competition in
the pole vault, discus, and shot put.
Last Saturday in the St. Thomas
Invitational, the Bethel squad did
not fare as well as in the previous
two meets. Running against very
stiff competition, the boys could
not garner a point. The only bright
spot was Skip Beard's third in his
heat of the half mile which was
not quite enough for a place in the
final count. Cold weather hamper-ed
the runners resulting in only
two new records being set by
the star-studded entries. Bradley's
Jim Philbee set a new mark of
:14.7 in the high hurdles and Joel
La hart of Loras cut the 220 yard
low hurdles mark to :24.6. Bert
Budd, who won the mile and the
two mile runs for St. Thomas, and
Bradley's Philbee tied in balloting
for the meet's most valuable indi-vidual
award. St. Thomas outscor-ed
Bradley to win 47 1/4 to 44%.
Winning Times and Distances
Mile Run: 4:28
Shotput: 45:1
Broad Jump: 20:9 14
DiSCUB: 129:1
High Hurdles: :14.7
100 Yard Dash: 10.1
440 Yard Dash: :62.1
High Jump: 6:0
220 Yard Dash: :22.6
880 Yard Run: 2:01.3
Low Hurdles: :24.6
Two Mile Run: 9:49.6
Pole Vault: 11:9
Mile Relay: 3:31.1
Luther Scalps
Indian Braves
On April 25, Bethel opened its
1951 baseball season at New Ulm,
playing the Luther Junior College
team there. Bethel displayed little
form in dropping the contest to
the Lutherans.
Luther got off to a 1-0 lead in
the initial inning on an error, sac-rifice,
and a single. In the third
inning, the winners got two more
on a hit and three walks. This was
was foiled by the explosive fourth,
in which Luther pushed over eight
more runs.
Bethel threatened only once,
that in the seventh, when Harold
Wertz got the only Indian hit, and
Ron Nelson got on base on a walk.
However, the threat was squelched
when Wertz was out stealing sec-ond,
and the next two batters went
down swinging. In the other six
innings, the Redmen were set down
in order.
Only two or three games are re-maining
on the schedule, depend-ing
on whether postponments can
be worked in or not.
Weakness in the pitching staff
proved to be the downfall of the
Bethel squad as the four pitchers
gave up a total of sixteen walks.
Visel pitched two and two thirds
innings, giving up three passes.
Frederickson twirled for two
frames issuing ten base on balls.
Kjell passed one batter in one
third of an inning and Nelson put
two on base via the walk route in
one and two thirds innings. Mean-while
the opposing pitcher, Stindt
pitched fine ball, allowing only
one hit and four walks.
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Tomorrow, the baseball team travels to Bethany at Mankato for
their first game of this season between the two teams. Last season
Bethel edged the Mankato team twice.
So far this season, the baseball team has not shown its possible
potentialities. Lack of pitching strength and experience, as well as
no hitting power, has weakened the team greatly. The fielding has been
about average, although nothing outstanding.
Harold Wertz at third base
• base stands out as the brightest
spot of the team. Wertz is .a vet
eran at third and handles the posi-tion
with ease and confidence.
Seldom does a grounder get
through this dependable "Hot
corner" expert. His bat has been
booming also. He has three of the
eight Bethel hits in the first three
contests.
Stan Mayer at shortstop has been
covering his territory very well
also. This is Stan's first year at
short, but he is filling in very
nicely.. Between Wertz and Mayer,
the two manage to cover the terri-tory
from second to third and in
between very well.
Dean Stromwell is in charge of
the keystone corner—second base,
and has done a very creditable job
thus far. Ron Nelson has been on
first, and although new at the job,
Ron is learning fast. Handling
many of the putouts in a game,
Ron has been improving from
game to game. However his batting
power has yet to be seen.
The outfield has been taken
care of by Jerry Hagstrom, who
shows great promise, Don Spratt,
a real hustler, Rod Kjell, Bob Carl-son,
Cliff Vennerstrom, and George
Visel. These "gardeners", so called
in baseball, have been tending the
outfield spots in good fashion.
However, the batting power has
been considerably weak and could
stand much improvement.
Battery mates this year have
been Gordy Johnson, Fritz Fred-erickson,
Ron Johnson, and George
Visel, at the pitching spot. Handl-ing
the catching duties generally
is Bud Pierce. Experience is the
chief sore spot of the hurling
staff, and excellence in this de-partment
will come only with prac-tice.
Pierce is doing his usual ex-cellent
job at the backstop post.
hustling and inspiring the rest of
the team.

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Vol. XXVII—No. 13 Bethel College and Seminary, St. Paul, Minnesota
Friday, May 11, 1951
Dr. W. Smith to Give Graduation Address
Dr. Reynold Wik of the history
department will leave Bethel to
accept the Mary Treat Morison
endowed chair in American History
at Mills College, in Oakland, Cal-ifornia.
"After four years at Beth-el",
said Dr. Wik in a Clarion inter-view,
"I, like the members of the
senior class, will be leaving the
campus this month, with fond
memories of classroom experiences
and faculty associations. It has
been an interesting four years. We
will not forget the many kindness-es
shown us."
Leaving Bethel to continue stud-ies
in preparation for Christian
service is Miss Lillian Ryberg,
Spanish instructor, who remarked
regarding her leaving, "Much bless-ing
and Joy have been mine during
these three years at Bethel. The
fellowship with those who love the
Lord has truly been a privilege. I
shall leave now to prepare further
for His service."
Dr. Bernard Ramm, professor of
Philosophy and Bible, plans to be-come
professor of Apologetics and
Philosophy at the Bible Institute
of Ins Angeles. Dr. Ramm also
intends to complete his new book
on Types of Apologetic Systems by
next Spring. Says Dr. Ramm: "I
have greatly appreciated the Chris-tian
friendship and scholarship of
the Bethel faculty, and the happy
associations with the students. If
it were not for the aggravations
of my health, I could call it a
superb year."
Regarding the addition of new
instructors for the next school year
Dean C. E. Carlson stated that
"The board of education and the
administration are in contact with
a number of possible candidates
for positions vacated by the in-structors
.who are leaving at the
close of the school year.
Within the next few weeks some
announcement will undoubtedly be
made."
Miss Axoon, hood librarian, has
amounted that all library books
result be returned to the library
by May 21st. Books turned in Woe
will bo asoisloct to the roomier fines.
Students Elect
New Officers
For Councils
Recent student elections have de-termined
the following slate of
officers for the Bethel Student
Association and the Religious
Council. Robert Stassen, who will
be in the seminary next year after
graduation from the University of
Minnesota was elected president of
the Student Council. Emmet John-son
was elected vice-president,
Shirley Kilgore secretary, and
Floyd Meyer, treasurer.
Newly elected officers for the
Religious Council are Jim Rehn-berg,
president, Gordon Paulson,
vice-president, Ruth Danielson, sec-retary,
and Rober Bergeson, treas-urer.
Bergfalk to Show
Assam Film Wednesday
On Wednesday evening, May 16,
Rev. Al Bergfalk, Conference Mis-sion
Board executive, will show the
colored film of Blood Sacrifices
of Laphlas of Assam as well as
speak to the Student Fellowship
group under the sponsorship of the
Foreign Missions Fellowship.
At a recent student election,
John Weld was elected president
of the Foreign Missions Fellow-ship;
Bob Frykenburg was elected
Vice-president; Hannah Plaut, Sec-retary;
and Eric Warnstrom, Treas-urer.
Only $400.00 remains to be taken
in by student offerings toward the
completion of the $5,000.00 mis-sionary
goal set by the F.M.F. Phil
McLain has urged that the stu-dents
give more in these last
school days than they have so far
so as to be sure to meet this vital
goal-
DR. WILBUR M. SMITH
An introductory sequence in art
is being established under the in-struction
of Mr. Eugene Johnson.
The first quarter's work will in-troduce
the student to art appre-ciation
and the two following quar-ters
will include art workshop.
While some reorganization of
materials is being made in Reli-gious
Education, the scope of the
course offerings under Miss Sabel
and Mr. Larson will remain about
the same.
In the department of biology,
several courses which have • not
been offered recently will be re-instated.
With the return to the
campus of Mr. Russell Johnson,
the courses in Minnesota Plant Life
and General Botany will be offer-ed
again. The courses in Health
and Human Physiology are also
in the schedule.
The instructional services of the
school will also be extended in the
offering of evening school classes.
Popular courses in Bible, religious
education, psychology, philosophy,
and perhaps additional fields are
being planned. The evening school
program will replace the Twin
City teacher training program
sponsored by the Conference
churches in recent years.
Two additions to the graduation
requirements were also voted by
the faculty at their last meeting.
On the junior college level stu-dents
will be required to take a
three credit course in health or to
be exempt on the basis of achive-ment
on an examination. Candi-dates
for the B.A. degree in the
future will be asked to include at
least three credits in either art
or music appreciation. The new
requirements will be recommended
to the classes of 1952 and will be
required of the classes graduating
in 1953.
J. S. Banquet at
Lowry Tonight
T,he main ballroom of Hotel
Lowry in St. Paul will see the
Bethelites "gone formal" tonight
as the junior and senior banquet
begins at 6:30.
Dr. Robert Smith, professor at
Dubuque University, Iowa, will be
the speaker and comes enthusiast-icly
recommended by those who
have heard him before. Dr. Smith
spoke at last year's seminary ban-quet
and at commencement the
year before.
Other features of the program
are Bert and Helen Anderson mem-bers
of the alumni who will play
the piano and Mrs. H. MacKinnis
of First Baptist Church, Minnea-polis,
who will sing. Morris Eng-strom
is scheduled to give the
senior will and prophecy.
The theme of the banquet has
been announced as "Launch out
into the deep".
Kenny Gunman, chairman of the
program committee promises that
convenient parking is available and
that fellows do not have to wear
tuxes.
Rev. Wilcox to Give
Baccalaureate Address
Rev. John Wilcox, pastor of the
Addison Street Baptist Church,
Chicago, will be the speaker at the
Baccalaureate service Sunday aft-ernoon,
May 20th. The service is
part of the graduating commence-ment
exercises and will be held
in the college chapel.
Music for the program will be
furnished by the Chapel Choir.
After the service refreshments will
be served in the dining hall. All
students and friends of the gradu-ates
are invited to attend this acti-vity.
Seniors Relax
On Skip Day
Over last Monday night and all
day Tuesday the Seminary seniors
spent their "skip day" activities
at Wood Lake Wisconsin. It ap-pears
that most of what went on
was "tom foolery" such as the
"preachers" getting to sleep at
five in the morning and getting
up at seven the same morning.
On Wednesday morning the
senior class of the college hoisted
their white flag bearing the letter-ing
"Class of '51", to innaugurate
their official "skip day". The sen-iors
left early in the morning to
spend the entire day in relaxation
at Medicine Lake.
Before the processional of the
approximate 100 graduates a half
hour music program is arranged
which will start at 7:30 P. M. and
feature the faculty trio of Mr. Raid
and Mr. Kangro on the string in-struments
and Miss Mildred Bis-grove
at the piano.
Vocal music for the graduation
event will be furnished by the
Chapel Choir and Male Chorus.
The Bethel male quartet comprised
of Jim Rentz, Bruce Woodman,
Danny Seagren, and Dick Anthony
will also take part in the program.
CLASS DAY
On Friday morning, May 25th,
at 10:00 A. M. in the college chap-el,
class day exercises will be held
at which time prizes and scholar-ships
will be awarded honor stu-dents,
student leaders, and stu-dents
who have extensively engag-ed
in certain extra-curricular- acti-vities
throughout the school year.
Also at this time the top honor
student of the graduating college
and seminary classes will present
their speech on behalf of their
classes.
Marshall's for all the graduating
events will be Harvey Swanberg,
top student in the Junior class,
and Wally Peterson, top student
of the middlemen class in the
seminary.
Six Seniors Feted
At Court of Honor
At the Fourteenth Annual Col-lege
Court of Honor, held last
Tuesday night at the St. Paul Jun-ior
Chamber of Commerce, six
honor students from the senior
class of the college were honored
by being guests at a dinner pro-gram.
The students were Deanes
Shaffer, Robert Earl, Edna Schultz,
Delmar Dahl, Katherine Johnson,
and Winifred Schmidt.
Also represented at the fete
were honor students from Hamline
University, Macalester College, The
College of St. Catherine, St. Paul
College of Law, and the College
of St. Thomas.
William H. Oppenheimer, St.
Paul lawyer, was the speaker at
the event after which the honor
students were presented with cer-tificates.
eaMp.-14-4 ealeada4
May 14—Tau Sigma Pi
May 14—Girls Dorm Meeting
May 15 — Student Leadership
Forum
May 16—Foreign Missions Fellow-ship
May 17—Visual Aid
May 25—Class Day
Ramm,Wik to Teach onWest Coast Next
Year Ryberg Leaves to Continue Studies;
Lawson Accepts Full Time Pastorate
These last days of this school year will not only be closing days for
seniors on Bethel Campus but will also be the last days that four pro-fessors
will be on campus as instructors.
Dropping his full time responsibilities as professor in the literature
department to return to the pastorate is Professor Maurice Lawson who
made the statement to the Clarion: "God moves in a myserious way ...
Alter five years as a student in Bethel I never expected to return. Now
after five years of teaching it seems impossible that I am going back to
the pastorate. The decision has been most difficult because I love
Bethel. But I love the pastorate too, and look forward to serving the
Olivet Baptist Church of Minneapolis where I have been in a part-time
capacity since its organization. It is altogether possible that I shall teach
a course at Bethel next year."
First Baptist Church Is Scene
01 Commencement, Friday, May 25
At the graduating exercises of the third class to graduate from
Bethel Senior College, and of the Seminary senior class, to be held at
First Baptist Church, Minneapolis, Friday, May 25th. Dr. Wilbur M.
Smith, Professor of English Bible at Fuller Theological Seminary,
Pasadena, California, will be the speaker. Dr. Smith is also the noted
editor of Peloubet's Select Notes on the International Sunday School
Lesson.
Faculty Votes on Including New
Courses In Curriculum and Adds
To Graduation Requirements
Several new course offerings are in the making on campus for the
school year 1951-'52. The new school bulletin, now at the printers, an-nounces
new courses in music, art, biology, sociology, and speech.
The music department has planned a course in Music Literature
to be taught by Miss Mildred Bisgrove. Mr. Raid will also offer a third
year of work in music theory, covering counterpoint, form and analysis.
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We began school last fall with our usual
hopes and aspirations and setting of goals
and now we are forced to reflect upon
these "fleeting" nine months past and see
where we stand. Have certain of our goals
been reached? Has the "dynamic" of our
unique individual personalities really
shown forth in that "niche" that has been
ours in our particular college environment?
A wholesome way to look at the past is
to learn from it and use it as a guide in
setting new hopes and aspirations for an-other
year at school. Much of education
consists of learning to "live", and the real
question it seems is "From what experien-ces
in the past have advanced me in learn-ing
how to 'live".
From out of the past year comes the
direct statement of Dr. Roody, from
Founder's Week . last February. Said Dr.
Roody, "It is better to be, than to do". That
enters into this business of learning how
to "live". Like a rose bud gradually break-ing
into full blossom into splendor and
fragrance, so our lives, from the budding
days of when we first met Christ ought to
blossom out into that fragrance of person-ality
that God wants for a particular ser-vice.
It must be said that this year has
taught us much of the source of nourish-ment
for the blossoming out of our lives,
the rays of Christ speaking to our indivi-dual
hearts. Let us look to next year as a
challenge to go further along the way of
"coming into being", blossoming forth to
"be" that we might better "do".
What's In A Buzz?
by Ann Radunz
Only a week before the JS! The girl's
dorm was filled with eager, seemingly in-human
creatures who, upon being con-fronted
with the conquests of Mussolini or
the causes of the great depression, only
gave up in despair, and cast a nervous, yet
futile glance at the little black buzzer above
their doors.
Occasionally one did ring and then the
rat-race began. Before the loud penetrating
vibrations of the shrill buzzer had died
away, the phone at the end of the hall was
crowded by screaming, shouting masses of
protoplasm who immediately became death-ly
still as the fortunate owner of the ring-ing
buzzer nervously lifted the little black
mouthpiece from its cradle.
With the last breath of air this creature
seemed able to contrive, it whispered a
faint, but distinctly audible "hello" into
the mechanism.
The eager faces of the observers were
transfixed upon the quivering form seated
at the phone—but to no avail—for as her
first words "Yes, Mrs. Jones, I'll be able
to baby-sit tomorrow night,"--were uttered,
the other girls noisely shuffled to their own
rooms to await their expected calls.
So it went—hour after hour, day after
day—and occasionally the little black buzzer
did mean that there was a man at the other
end of the line. When this rare occasion
occurred, the shrieking mob of spectators
would swiftly bear the news to the few
remaining girls that had not heard first
hand.
Now, with the big day here, we,are trying
to forget these crude displays of our emo-tions,
and are anxiously awaiting our next
buzz—the man himself.
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President Wingblade
The school year is drawing to a close
and, as we come to the end and separate
for the summer months, we shall no doubt
carry away many memories.
There are innumerable incidents that we
each have experienced or observed that
will become a part of our very selves. Have
we been at our best?
At a boy's school in England, as portray-ed
by Dicken, young David is almost a
worshipper of Steerforth, an older student.
Steerforth is about to leave school and
launch out on a journey. Before he goes
he makes a special request of his young
admirer and puts it thus: "Promise me that
you will remember me at my best."
Students and faculty will long live in
the picture gallery of the mind, and from
contacts with each, you may be able to
conjure forth a panorama of scenes set in
light and shadows.
We recall that "influence is the effluence
of affluence." What has been the greatest
impress we have received—if such a one
can be singled out. Was it something in a,
Chapel talk, or a College lecture, or was it
rather a quiet personal impress wrought
by a fellow student?
Missionary Eric Frykenberg tells of an
unforgetable impact in a dormitory room
at Gordon College, when a self-appointed
committee who had come to "advise" a
younger student, were so impressed by his
humble and simple spiritual testimony that
a small revival broke out in that room.
"Dad" Eliot, the student evangelist of
fifty years, led Dr. Walter Judd as a high
school student to Christ. He got his vision-of
full time service in the locker room of
Northwestern University, when a fellow
athlete thanked him with tears for all he
had meant to him after all others had been
down on him.
"Dad" Eliot said to himself: "If I could
mean that much to one young man, a fellow
student, why cannot I give my life to this
and reach thousands of college students.
We still remember the warm message that _
Dr. Eliot brought at our Chapel service last
fall.
Well, as we leave the campus, we shall
remember much and thank God for much.
Have- we ourselves been at our best—on
"tip-toe" for God?
As we then separate for the summer,
shall we kindle anew the fires in our hearts,
that there may be a radiance and a glow
that shall unmistakably mark us as having
that mystic something within which is
greater and stronger than that which is in
the world?
Sem. Sr. Skip Day
Imagine!
Fourteen Senior Seminary men skipping
off to Woodlake, Wisconsin for one last
rollick together before commencement and
assumption of their pastoral dignities.
Imagine!
Russell Johnson whipping up "delishus"
concoctions to delight every masculine
palate, even a special serving of pancakes
filled with paper napkins for Ernie Laut,
who ate them with relish and didn't know
the diff.
Imagine!
Dick Kelderhouse crawling through the
kitchen skylight when the welcome squad
was delayed in geeting the camp opened
up.
Imagine!
Gil Forsline, still up at 4:30 A. M., hoot-ing
so realistically he attracted a horned
owl, that Jim Rentz thought was a "wolf".
Imagine!
Sparks flying from a kitchen water faucet
when the power was turned on and frenzied
efforts to check the electric flow until
someone noted all that was necessary was
to turn off the switch.
Imagine!
The fellOws insisting a good "rest" was
had by all after getting to sleep at 4:30•.
A. M. and getting up at 7:30 A. M. •
On the Summer Agenda
by Ann Radunz
Ah, summer! Green grass speckled with yellow dandelions—bubbling, gushing
streams teeming with prize catches for the farmer lad—but above all, the weather
prediction includes only slight Minnesota snow flurries. Sounds wonderful, doesn't
it? But don't you think it's about time to pull your nose out of that bunch of violets
and seriously start to think about your summer job? After all, we do want most of
you back at Bethel next year, and, as of today, there is yet no written formula for
manufacturing greenbacks out of grass.
Many, of course, have been led into Bible school work, and we know that the
Lord will supply their needs this fall. Dorothy Riek is one of the many volunteers
for this needy work, and had the opportunity of serving only fifteen miles from her
home town, 'Woodville, Wisconsin.
Joe Niemeyer is going to combine his work and play as a manager's assistant at
a summer camp in Round Lake, Illinois. He extends to everyone a hearty welcome to
come down and have a game of ping-pong with him.
Then, too, there are the brave souls like Mary Quernemoen who is going to sub-mit
herself, as a nurses aid, to the influence of the occupants of the Fergus Falls State
Hospital. Good luck, Mary, and I'll be up to visit you next fall to plead with the at-tendants
to let you out. I'll try to explain that it really isn't you who's' crazy, but that
your room-mate has been too much of an influence on you the past year.
Canada will be seeing a lot of Eric Warnstrom this summer, for he is going to
take over a fifteen member church eight miles from Port Arthur. Eric will feel
right at home though, for the community is entirely Finnish.
Have you made your decision yet? Whether it be the first rocket trip to the
moon, or a plan to drill a hole through the earth for cross-ventilation, if you are in
the Lord's will and know that He is leading you, you may be assured that your summer
job will be one of success and happiness.
Heart Wisdom
by Margaret Sheffler
She could not read for me a printed page
Nor fill her copy-book with letters fine,
Her hands were yet too young to so engage
in keeping letters strictly on a line.
But in her father's house her child-like arms
Knew how to hush her mother's babe to sleep,
And there were many lessons in her heart
That only love can teach a child to keep.
She could not trace the Mississippi's course,
Nor quote to me the Gettysburg Address,
But something noble in her heart knew force
Was not the wisest way to seek redress.
And in her father's meadow where the sun
Played hop-scotch in and out among the trees,
I watched her take the quail she'd nursed to health
And with her sunbrowned fingers set it free.
Then one day when a drought swept all the land
I saw her pumping water and I sighed;
Her aching arms worked faithfully to tend
The thirsty flowers, lest their beauty die.
For she knew secrets wrapped in Western sod —
Had learned the language of a laughing brook:
Her soul read, written by the hand of God,
The things that wisemen fail to print in books.
Campus Capers
by Marty
Bethel campus used to be shocked at Harris Paulson's plaid pants, but since then
they've seen far brighter colors. Phoebe Anderson's brilliant pink socks make her
recognizable a half-campus away.
Mr. Otio's "green" bow tie is surely an inspiration to his Logic class.
The thing that really held all eyes and rated a "Congratulations" tune in the din-ing
hall was Vern Merck's shirt. Pockets, collar, sleeves, back and front were each
made out of a different color. If you haven't seen ti, look him up, but you better
wear dark glasses! Also to be included in the color line-up are the flashy polo shirts of
Don Yerrington, Wally Anderson, Ellsworth Holmes, and Tom Persson.
Perhaps one of the funniest people at Bethel is Morrie Engstrom. Have you notic-ed
how he carries his notebook? By a rubberband, which he claims is on reserve to
play music when he gets bored.
One of the History profs was floored when he read on Marilyn Backlund's paper
a quote from "Russia"—"Learning is a thing which dies under compulsion." H'mm.
According to Ronnie Skoog, he'd rather play pony express than post office, be-cause
there's more horsing around.
If you've noticed that brown-eyed, red-haired girl around, you know that Charlotte
Ransom is once more on her feet again. After an operation, a stay in the hospital,
a visit to the infirmary, and a close friendship built up with Bethel nurses and the
business end of a hypodermic needle, Char is rapidly gaining back her pep and
sparkle. Good to see you around again, kid.
We hear some of the Girl's Chorus members are experts at shining shoes. As
punishment for being late to the bus, the girls were sentenced to polish shoes all
the way to the next town. "Shine, suh?"
Beware of slamming doors, for as Miss Effie Nelson remarked to her class, that
is the sin of wooden swearing.
Instead of rumors flying, seems as though it's Cupid's arrows, thick and fast.
Ronnie Johnson and Lois seem to have started something by shopping early and avoid-ing
the rash on the traditional J. S. announcements. 'Course they had to atone for
their folly by a long promenade bef6re the noon dorm diners. Since Gordy and Ruth,
and Les and Sue so shortly followed suit, the $64 question being bantered about is—
Who's going to keep up the good old J. S. tradition of diamond developments?
The meaning of the white flag, the girls dressed in slacks, and the cars of depart-ing
seniors meant one thing—it was Senior Skip Day.
About 30 seniors took off to Medicine Lake, Wed., May 8, where they enjoyed a
holiday of playing games and participating in a treasure hunt. A good way to spot a
senior these days is to look for a cheerful sunburned nose.
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All School Picnic Is Set For May 24th
tiaii fellowship—which no one will
cerned.
The Chorus started its trek about
noon on Saturday, April 28. Its
first stop was at Cedar Falls, Ia.,
that evening, and then it went on
to Moline, Ill., and Davenport, Ia.,
for services on Sunday. It then fill-ed
its next three days with jour-neys
in Iowa to Burlington, Des
Moines, and Arthur.
In its concerts, the chorus sang
hymns, chorales, and spirituals, a-long
with one patriotic and one
novelty number. The Bethel Male
Quartet and instrumental soloists
Bruce Woodman, Dave Englund,
and Dick Anthony high-lighted the
program. Jim Rentz was also fea-tured
with a dramatic reading. The
responses received from the audi-ences
were always very favorable.
On Sunday morning as the fel-lows
were on the road to Moline,
Ill., an accident befell the car in
which Carl Lindstedt, Wendell
Meyers, Bill Slivka, and Ed Erick-son
were riding. Carl and Wendell
were hospitalized with cuts and
bruises, but we are glad to hear
that both of them are coming a-long
very well now.
Male Chorus Gives Six Concerts
On. Tour In Iowa and Illinois
Despite adversities that ranged from automobile accidents to torn
tuxedos and hot, muggy weather, the Male Chorus under the direction
of. s Mr. Nels Stjernstrom returned May 3 from what everyone termed a
successful and inspirational trip. As many of the fellows commented,
the spirit of the entire event was one of unity and fellowship—Chris-deny
was a blessing to all
B.W.A. Install Taylor Falls On The $t. Croix
New Officers Is Scene OF Annual Event
At Banquet A happy ending to the school year will be provided by the Student
Council in the form of an All School Picnic. Students will be taking a
rest after exams and while waiting for the graduation exercises take in
annual affair, on Thursday, May 24th.
The site for the picnic is pictur-esque
Taylor Falls on the St. Croix
River. This was the scene of the
picnic last year also.
General chairman for the occa-sion
is Russ Johnson. Russ announ-ces
that students will be given a
chance to sign up for a bus ride.
They are to pay at the time of
signing up, but will not be permit-ted
to pay in meal tickets.
The day's activities will include
softball, badminton, horseshoes,
hikes, boating, and canoeing. Don
Dye is the man in charge of these
activities.
A meal will be served in the din-ing
hall at 10:00 A. M. and buses
will leave Bethel around 11 A. M.
Delmar Dahl promises to see that
there is food for all, and the re-ligious
under the direction of Cliff
Anderson will plan the devotions
to end the day.
Leaders to Attend
con-
TSP Nominates
Officers For
Coming Year
The regular meeting of Tau
Sigma Pi was held April 30, at
7:30 P. M. with Thorlief Aunevik
as chairman.
Mr. Schultz, Mr. Bernsten, and
Dean Omark were the speakers of
the evening. At the close of their
talks, a panel discussion was open-ed
with the three guests as parti-cipants.
A note sent to Miss Charlotte
Ransom from the group expressed
the hope that she would be able
to attend the next meeting.
The following names were sub-mitted
and approved as candidates
for next year's officers: President,
Millard Ericison and Gordon Paul-son;
vice-president, Fred Baty and
Bruce Woodman; and secretary,
Hannah Plaut and Joanne Johnson.
The Bethel Women's Association
held their formal spring banquet
on May third at six-thirty P. M. in
the dining hall., The theme of the
evening's program was "Keep the
Joy Bells Ringing."
After the invocation was given
by Barbara Mullin, Carol Dubuque,
president, welcomed all those pre-sent.
Two girls trios presented special
music. Lenore Anderson, Elaine
Holmquist, and Ardis Anderson
sang "If We Could See Beyond
Today," and Barbara Port, Beverly
Harris, and Carol Bessey sang
"The Bells of St. Mary's." Florence
Jacobson played her bells.
As guests of 'honor, the gradu-ates
of both the senior and junior
colleges were presented to the
guests, and were asked to give
their testimonies and tell their
plans for the future.
The officers for-next year were
installed at the close of the pro-gram.
They are: Ruth Martinson,
president; Carol Bessey, vice-presi-dent;
Nadine Westin, secretary;
Florence Oman, assistant secre-tary;
Virginia Nepsted, treasurer;
Gloria Berhow, assistant treasurer;
Doraine Anderson, Big and Little
Sister chairman; Hannah Plaut, as-sistant
Big and Little Sister chair-man;
and Ruth Chisholm, Mary
Quernemoen, Pearl Ohlin, and
Florence Jacobson, Cabinet Chair-men.
Miss Effie Nelson is the
advisor.
Oratory Winners
Given Cash Awards
Awards have been made by the
speech department to the winners
of the Dr. Alford Hanson Oratory
Contest held Wednesday, April 25.
For his oration "The Stamp of the
Coin", freshman Jack Jensen won
first honors and was awarded
twenty-five dollars in cash. College
senior Muriel Thompson was a-warded
fifteen dollars in cash for
her second honor oration entitled
"Is This America?"
Malcom Van Antwerp of the col-lege
took third honors for his ora-tion
"What is Our Christian Re-sponsibility?",
and was awarded
ten dollars in cash.
Other contestants in the contest
were Marvin Lindstedt, Thorlief
Aunevik, Henry Quiring, and Reu-ben
Johnson.
The contest was judged by Dr.
Bernard Ramm, Dr. Reynold Wik,
and Professor David Moberg of the
Bethel faculty,
Over 100 persons were in atten-dance
at the college chapel last
Tuesday evening to hear the stu-dent
music recital sponsored by
the school's music department.
Rendering vocal numbers were
Ronald Johnson, Florence Oman,
Charles Anderson, Anna Newell,
and Clarence Larson. Besides
freshman Carolyn Clark, violinists
off campus music students Conrad
Lundberg, David Briggs, and Polly
Herner, gave violin numbers.
The two teams of Ardis Ander-son
and Rhoda Armstrong and
Carol Addington and Nadine West-in,
offered duo piano numbers
while Helen R. Peterson, Carolyn
Friske, and Ardis Anderson, ren-dered
piano solos.
Date of Spire
Release, May 21
May 21st, Monday, is the date
that the Spire office expects to
pass out the new 1950-51 Spires to
the students. One of the big fea-tures
of this issue will be division
pages in color.
The Spire also announces that
several candid shots taken the past
year are on sale now in the Spire
office at ten cents a piece. Formal
shots of campus activities can also
be purchased ranging from fifteen
to twenty-five cents. Orders for
these pictures can be made in the
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all the new officers of the various
school activities for the next year
with the schedules and functions
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them with their duties and help
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1951 Bethel Sports Program Nears Climax
Concordia Tramples Indians Twice
Gordon Johnson Victim By 2-1, 5-0
Baseball Squad Plays Bethany
Close Season Next Week Away
No Records Broken, but . .
The Bethel baseball team drop-ped
a dose contest to Concordia
Jr. College on April 27 on the
winners diamond, by a 2-1 margin.
It was the squad's second defeat of
the season in as many starts while
Concordia notched its first win.
The game proved to be a good
pitcher's duel for the entire nine
inning tilt. Gordy Johnson pitched
all the way for Bethel and Al Peck
worxed the full distance for the
Comets.
Jerry Hagstrom started things
off in the first by getting on base
on an error and advancing to
second on a wild pitch. After
Johnson grounded out to the third
baseman, Bud Pierce walked. Har-old
Wertz slapped a single out,
but was caught in a hotbox be-tween
first and second to register
the second out after Hagstrom had
crossed the plate. Bob Carlson
ended the inning skying out to the
right fielder.
Concordia got the tying run back
in the second on a walk, single,
fielder's choice, and a stolen base.
Johnson then set the next two
batters down on strike outs to end
the uprising.
Neither team could do much for
the next six innings. The Indians
got one more hit in the fourth,
Wertz's second, one in the fifth,
by Pierce, in the sixth, by Strom-well,
and the last in the seventh
by Hagstrom. However each time,
the Redmen were unable to ad-vance
the runner far. In the sixth,
Stan Mayer, who had gotten on
base on an error, was nipped at
home plate by a spectacular throw
from the left fielder of Concordia
to the catcher.
Concordia picked up hits in the
fourth, eighth, and ninth, but were
unable to score until the ninth. In
this inning, the first man up pop-ped
up to Pierce at home plate,
however the second man got on
base on a walk and advanced to
third on an error. After the next
man up struck out for two away,
a pinch hitter drilled out a single.
Then a passed ball got away from
Pierce to allow the winning run
to score.
Iowa 9 Illinois 7
East 11 St. Paul 10
St. Paul 6 Iowa 5
West 3 East 0
St. Paul 8 Illinois 0
West 12 Iowa 6
Illinois 13 West 5
East 5 Illinois 4
St. Paul 1 Iowa 0
West 14 East 2
West 7 St. Paul 0
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Falling victim to a brilliant
pitching performance, Bethel was
downed for the second time by
Concordia Jr. College. Borchardt,
fastballing left-hander came within
one hit of a no hitter in blanking
he Indians, 5-0. Gordy Johnson,
the opposing pitcher spoiled the
no hit game by stroking out a
single in the sixth inning The
game was only six innings by
agreement.
Concordia tallied one run in the
opening inning on three walks
and one man hit by pitched ball.
In the second frame, one more was
added on two more walks, an-other
man hit, and one single. The
Comets scored once again in the
fourth and twice more in the
sixth. The sixth inning runs were
scored on a walk, two fielders
choices and two errors.
Bethel placed only six men on
base, four on walks, one an error,
and the other, Johnson's single.
Johnson got as far as third only
to die there, while twice, men got
to second only to be left stranded.
Very sloppy handling of the ball
on Bethel's part cost them the
victory. Four errors were recorded
against them, plus seven walks,
and two men hit by pitched ball.
Concordia played well in the field,
mis-handling only one ball. At the
plate, they got only four hits, but
bunched them with misplays and
other opportunities to work five
runs across the plate.
Intramural Teams
In Softball Play
Occupying the spotlight in the
Intramural program at the present
time is softball. Five teams have
been formed and are competing
for the Intramural softball crown
for 1951. Points gained in softball
will be added to those already
scored in the previous sports
which were competed in.
The five teams are MINNEAPO-LIS-
St. PAUL-M1NNESOTA, WEST,
EAST - MICHIGAN - WISCONSIN,
IOWA - PLATTE VALLEY, and
ILLINOIS. These teams are in com-petition
regularly each week, and
will play a tournament, if there is
time, says Don Dye, chairman of
the Intramural sports.
Results available for this print-ing
find West on top, with four
wins against one defeat. West has
beaten East - Michigan - Wisconsin
twice, Iowa, and Minneapolis-St.
Paul-Minnesota and has been beat-en
by Illinois. The Minnesota team
has the runner up position current-ly
with three wins and two losses.
East-Michigan-Wisconsin are in the
middle and Iowa and Illinois rest
on the bottom.
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SPORTS
May 11, 1951 Page 4
During the past three weeks, the
Bethel thinclads have completed
in three track meets, the Carleton
Relays, a pactice meet with Ham-line,
and the St. Thomas Invitation-al.
The Carleton Relays, April 2L
won by the host team, Carleton
College, was run, for the most part,
in a driving rain. Due to the wea-ther
conditions, there were no new
records set up. Bethel, running for
the first time this season, gathered
seven points. Chuck Lindgren,
clearing 5 feet 8 inches, was in a
three way tie for second place in
the high lump. The relay team
consisting of Ford Wilson, Al
Malmstrom, Wayne Thompson, and
Skip Beard managed a fifth in both
the distance medley race and the
two mile relay run.
On Tuesday, April 24, the squad
ran against Hemline in a practice
meet. The Bethel team gave good
account of itself, though Hemline
was not at full strength being
without the services of their two
top milers and low hurdler. The
unofficial point total was Hemline
54, Bethel 38. First places were
taken by Wayne Thompson in the
mile and the broad jump; Skip
Beard in the 440. Skip also took
second in the 220; Ronnie Skoog
copped first in the low hurdles,
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and Chuck Lindgren tied for first
in the high jump.
Other noteworthy performances
were made by Eric Warnstrom who
took third in the 220; • second in
the high hurdles by Cal Anderson;
Thompson's third in the two mile
race; Skoog's third in the 100 yard
dash; and a second in the 880 and
a third in the mile by Al Maim-strom.
Hemline captured the 880
relay. There was no competition in
the pole vault, discus, and shot put.
Last Saturday in the St. Thomas
Invitational, the Bethel squad did
not fare as well as in the previous
two meets. Running against very
stiff competition, the boys could
not garner a point. The only bright
spot was Skip Beard's third in his
heat of the half mile which was
not quite enough for a place in the
final count. Cold weather hamper-ed
the runners resulting in only
two new records being set by
the star-studded entries. Bradley's
Jim Philbee set a new mark of
:14.7 in the high hurdles and Joel
La hart of Loras cut the 220 yard
low hurdles mark to :24.6. Bert
Budd, who won the mile and the
two mile runs for St. Thomas, and
Bradley's Philbee tied in balloting
for the meet's most valuable indi-vidual
award. St. Thomas outscor-ed
Bradley to win 47 1/4 to 44%.
Winning Times and Distances
Mile Run: 4:28
Shotput: 45:1
Broad Jump: 20:9 14
DiSCUB: 129:1
High Hurdles: :14.7
100 Yard Dash: 10.1
440 Yard Dash: :62.1
High Jump: 6:0
220 Yard Dash: :22.6
880 Yard Run: 2:01.3
Low Hurdles: :24.6
Two Mile Run: 9:49.6
Pole Vault: 11:9
Mile Relay: 3:31.1
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On April 25, Bethel opened its
1951 baseball season at New Ulm,
playing the Luther Junior College
team there. Bethel displayed little
form in dropping the contest to
the Lutherans.
Luther got off to a 1-0 lead in
the initial inning on an error, sac-rifice,
and a single. In the third
inning, the winners got two more
on a hit and three walks. This was
was foiled by the explosive fourth,
in which Luther pushed over eight
more runs.
Bethel threatened only once,
that in the seventh, when Harold
Wertz got the only Indian hit, and
Ron Nelson got on base on a walk.
However, the threat was squelched
when Wertz was out stealing sec-ond,
and the next two batters went
down swinging. In the other six
innings, the Redmen were set down
in order.
Only two or three games are re-maining
on the schedule, depend-ing
on whether postponments can
be worked in or not.
Weakness in the pitching staff
proved to be the downfall of the
Bethel squad as the four pitchers
gave up a total of sixteen walks.
Visel pitched two and two thirds
innings, giving up three passes.
Frederickson twirled for two
frames issuing ten base on balls.
Kjell passed one batter in one
third of an inning and Nelson put
two on base via the walk route in
one and two thirds innings. Mean-while
the opposing pitcher, Stindt
pitched fine ball, allowing only
one hit and four walks.
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Tomorrow, the baseball team travels to Bethany at Mankato for
their first game of this season between the two teams. Last season
Bethel edged the Mankato team twice.
So far this season, the baseball team has not shown its possible
potentialities. Lack of pitching strength and experience, as well as
no hitting power, has weakened the team greatly. The fielding has been
about average, although nothing outstanding.
Harold Wertz at third base
• base stands out as the brightest
spot of the team. Wertz is .a vet
eran at third and handles the posi-tion
with ease and confidence.
Seldom does a grounder get
through this dependable "Hot
corner" expert. His bat has been
booming also. He has three of the
eight Bethel hits in the first three
contests.
Stan Mayer at shortstop has been
covering his territory very well
also. This is Stan's first year at
short, but he is filling in very
nicely.. Between Wertz and Mayer,
the two manage to cover the terri-tory
from second to third and in
between very well.
Dean Stromwell is in charge of
the keystone corner—second base,
and has done a very creditable job
thus far. Ron Nelson has been on
first, and although new at the job,
Ron is learning fast. Handling
many of the putouts in a game,
Ron has been improving from
game to game. However his batting
power has yet to be seen.
The outfield has been taken
care of by Jerry Hagstrom, who
shows great promise, Don Spratt,
a real hustler, Rod Kjell, Bob Carl-son,
Cliff Vennerstrom, and George
Visel. These "gardeners", so called
in baseball, have been tending the
outfield spots in good fashion.
However, the batting power has
been considerably weak and could
stand much improvement.
Battery mates this year have
been Gordy Johnson, Fritz Fred-erickson,
Ron Johnson, and George
Visel, at the pitching spot. Handl-ing
the catching duties generally
is Bud Pierce. Experience is the
chief sore spot of the hurling
staff, and excellence in this de-partment
will come only with prac-tice.
Pierce is doing his usual ex-cellent
job at the backstop post.
hustling and inspiring the rest of
the team.